Ajay Devgn filmography

Devgn at an event for his film Drishyam in 2015

Ajay Devgn is an Indian actor, director, and producer who works in Hindi films. His debut as an actor came in Phool Aur Kaante (1991), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Devgn then played a kickboxer in the martial arts film Jigar (1992) and a blind character in the film Vijaypath (1994). Further success came with roles in the 1994 box-office hits Suhaag and Dilwale. He garnered his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in the action drama Naajayaz (1995). Devgn received critical acclaim for his roles in Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha and the political drama Zakhm (both 1998), winning National Film Award for Best Actor for the latter. In 1999, he starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, earning a Filmfare Best Actor nomination. In 2000, Devgn established his production house Ajay Devgn FFilms, produced and appeared as the protagonist in the commercially unsuccessful Raju Chacha. He received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as a dacoit in the drama Lajja (2001).

Devgn played a character loosely based on Dawood Ibrahim in Ram Gopal Varma's critically acclaimed gangster film Company (2002). He won his second National Film Award for portraying the revolutionary Bhagat Singh in Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh and received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for both these films. He next played the antagonist in psychological thriller Deewangee (2002), for which he earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. In 2003, Devgn starred in Varma's commercially successful horror film Bhoot. He received another Filmfare Best Actor nomination for his role of an honest IPS officer in the drama Gangaajal (2003), directed by Prakash Jha. The following year, Devgn appeared as a student-turned-politician in Yuva (2004), a drama from Mani Ratnam. He portrayed a character based on Othello in the critically acclaimed film Omkara (2006), a remake of William Shakespeare's play Othello and also played Gopal in Rohit Shetty's multi-starrer comedy Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), a role he later reprised in its sequels Golmaal Returns (2008) and Golmaal 3 (2010). In 2007, Devgn appeared in two commercial failures, including Varma's Aag, based on the 1975 cult classic Sholay. Aag is considered one of the worst films.

In 2008, Devgn acted in the drama Halla Bol, and directed and produced the romantic drama U Me Aur Hum. In 2009, he produced his third film, All the Best: Fun Begins. In the crime drama Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Devgn played a character inspired from gangster Haji Mastan. He appeared as a dalit leader in Jha's political drama Raajneeti (2010). Both of these films performed favourably at the box office and the former garnered him a Filmfare Best Actor nomination. He again collaborated with Shetty for the role of an upright police officer in the action drama Singham (2011). Devgn achieved further success with roles in the action comedies Bol Bachchan and Son of Sardaar, the latter of which he also produced. He appeared as a protective father in Nishikant Kamat's successful suspense thriller Drishyam (2015), before a setback began when his directorial, production and next starrer Shivaay (2016) flopped at box office. The fluctuations ended in 2017, when after giving another underperformer Baadshaho, Devgn gained blockbuster success by reuniting with Shetty for the fifth installment of his iconic and comical Golmaal franchise named Golmaal Again, his first film that entered the 200 Crore Club in Indian net collection. The series of critically and commercially hit films in his career continued with Raj Kumar Gupta's 2018 drama Raid, Indra Kumar's 2019 adventure comedy Total Dhamaal, Akiv Ali's 2019 rom-com De De Pyaar De and Om Raut's 2020 period actioner Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. The lattermost emerged as Devgn's highest-grossing release.

Devgn's upcoming projects include special roles in cop film Sooryavanshi and the crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi, and leading roles in the OTT war actioner Bhuj: The Pride of India, sports film Maidaan, his own directorial Mayday, a slice-of-life comedy Thank God, a Hindi remake of 2019 Tamil thriller Kaithi, the comedy Golmaal 5, the periodic biopic Chanakya, the sequel Raid 2, the rom-com De De Pyaar De 2 and the cop film Singham 3. He will also make his Tollywood debut with SS Rajamouli's Pan India patriotic actioner RRR and collaborate with Yash Raj Films on a superhero movie directed by Shiv Rawail and co-starring Ahaan Pandey.

Film

Devgn at IFFI 2010

Devgn and Anil Kapoor on the sets of their film Tezz in 2011

Devgn with Rohit Shetty at the promotions of Bol Bachchan (2012)

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Credited as			Role	Notes	Ref.
		Actor	Producer	Director
1991	Phool Aur Kaante	Yes	No	No	Ajay	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
1992	Jigar	Yes	No	No	Raj "Raju" Verma
1993	Divya Shakti	Yes	No	No	Prashant Varma
	Platform	Yes	No	No	Raju
	Sangraam	Yes	No	No	Raja S. Singh Kanwar
	Shaktiman	Yes	No	No	Amar
	Dil Hai Betaab	Yes	No	No	Ajay
	Ek Hi Raasta	Yes	No	No	Karan Singh
	Bedardi	Yes	No	No	Vijay Saxena
	Dhanwaan	Yes	No	No	Kashinath
1994	Dilwale	Yes	No	No	Arun Saxena
	Kanoon	Yes	No	No	Vishal Singh
	Vijaypath	Yes	No	No	Karan
	Suhaag	Yes	No	No	Ajay Sharma / Ajay Malhotra
	Madam X	Yes	No	No	—	Assistant director
1995	Naajayaz	Yes	No	No	Jay Bakshi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Hulchul	Yes	No	No	Deva
	Gundaraj	Yes	No	No	Ajay Chauhan
	Haqeeqat	Yes	No	No	Shiva/Ajay
1996	Jung	Yes	No	No	Ajay Bahadur Saxena
	Diljale	Yes	No	No	Shyam
	Jaan	Yes	No	No	Karan
1997	Ishq	Yes	No	No	Ajay Rai
	Itihaas	Yes	No	No	Karan
1998	Major Saab	Yes	No	No	Virendra Pratap Singh
	Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha	Yes	No	No	Shekhar
	Sar Utha Ke Jiyo	Yes	No	No	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Zakhm	Yes	No	No	Ajay R. Desai	National Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999	Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet	Yes	No	No	Raju
	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Yes	No	No	Vanraj	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Hindustan Ki Kasam	Yes	Yes	No	Ajay/Tauheed
	Gair	Yes	No	No	Vijay Kumar/Dev
	Thakshak	Yes	No	No	Ishaan Singh
	Kachche Dhaage	Yes	No	No	Aftab
	Dil Kya Kare	Yes	Yes	No	Anand
2000	Deewane	Yes	No	No	Vishal/Arun
	Raju Chacha	Yes	Yes	No	Shekhar/Raju Chacha	Also producer
2001	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	Yes	No	No	Vicky/Rohit Verma
	Lajja	Yes	No	No	Bhulwa	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Tera Mera Saath Rahen	Yes	No	No	Raj Dixit
2002	Company	Yes	No	No	Malik	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Hum Kisise Kum Nahin	Yes	No	No	Raja
	The Legend of Bhagat Singh	Yes	No	No	Bhagat Singh	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor National Film Award for Best Actor
	Deewangee	Yes	No	No	Tarang Bharadwaj	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2003	Bhoot	Yes	No	No	Vishal
	Qayamat: City Under Threat	Yes	No	No	Rachit
	Chori Chori	Yes	No	No	Ranbir Malhotra
	Gangaajal	Yes	No	No	Amit Kumar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Parwana	Yes	No	No	Parwana
	Zameen	Yes	No	No	Col. Ranvir Singh Ranawat
	LOC Kargil	Yes	No	No	Manoj Kumar Pandey
2004	Khakee	Yes	No	No	Yashwant Angre	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
	Masti	Yes	No	No	Sikander
	Yuva	Yes	No	No	Michael Mukherjee
	Raincoat	Yes	No	No	Manoj
	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Yes	No	No	Deven Chaudhary	Cameo appearance
2005	Insan	Yes	No	No	Ajit Rathore
	Blackmail	Yes	No	No	Shekhar R Mohan
	Zameer: The Fire Within	Yes	No	No	Suraj Chauhan
	Tango Charlie	Yes	No	No	Mohammed Ali
	Kaal	Yes	No	No	Kaali Pratap Singh	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
	Main Aisa Hi Hoon	Yes	No	No	Indraneel Thakur
	Apaharan	Yes	No	No	Ajay Shastri
	Shikhar	Yes	No	No	Gaurav Gupta
2006	Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke	Yes	No	No	Kunal Singh	Bhojpuri film
	Golmaal: Fun Unlimited	Yes	No	No	Gopal
	The Awakening	Yes	Yes	No	Himself	Also producer and editor; short film
	Omkara	Yes	No	No	Omkara Shukla
2007	Cash	Yes	No	No	Karan / Doc
	Aag	Yes	No	No	Heerendra "Heero" Dhaan
2008	Halla Bol	Yes	No	No	Ashfaque Khan/Sameer Khan
	Sunday	Yes	No	No	Rajvir Randhawa
	U Me Aur Hum	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ajay	Also director, writer and producer
	Haal-e-Dil	Yes	No	No	Himself	Guest Appearance
	Mehbooba	Yes	No	No	Karan
	Golmaal Returns	Yes	No	No	Gopal
2009	All the Best: Fun Begins	Yes	Yes	No	Prem Chopra	Also producer
	London Dreams	Yes	No	No	Arjun
2010	Teen Patti	Yes	No	No	Sunny	Cameo appearance
	Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?	Yes	No	No	Puneet
	Raajneeti	Yes	No	No	Sooraj Kumar
	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Yes	No	No	Sultan Mirza	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Aakrosh	Yes	No	No	Pratap Kumar
	Golmaal 3	Yes	No	No	Gopal
	Toonpur Ka Super Hero	Yes	No	No	Aditya
2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Yes	No	No	Narrator
	Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji	Yes	No	No	Naren Ahuja
	Ready	Yes	No	No	Raju	Cameo appearance
	Singham	Yes	No	No	Bajirao Singham	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Rascals	Yes	No	No	Bhagat
2012	Tezz	Yes	No	No	Aakash Rana
	Bol Bachchan	Yes	Yes	No	Prithviraj Raghuvanshi	Also producer
	Son of Sardaar	Yes	Yes	No	Jassi	Also producer
	Makkhi	Yes	No	No	Father (voice)	Telugu film; Hindi dubbed version
	Save The Girl Child	Yes	No	No	—	Producer
2013	Himmatwala	Yes	No	No	Ravi
	Satyagraha	Yes	No	No	Manav Raghvendra
	Mahabharat	Yes	No	No	Arjun (voice)	Animated film
2014	Singham Returns	Yes	Yes	No	DCP Bajirao Singham	Also producer
	Action Jackson	Yes	No	No	Vishy / Jai (AJ)
	Vitti Dandu	No	Yes	No	—	Producer; Marathi film
2015	Hey Bro	Yes	No	No	Himself	Special appearance in song "Birju"
	Drishyam	Yes	No	No	Vijay Salgaonkar
2016	Fitoor	Yes	No	No	Moazam	Cameo appearance
	Shivaay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shivaay	Also director, writer and producer.
2017	Guest iin London	Yes	No	No	Ajay Gandotra	Cameo appearance
	Baadshaho	Yes	No	No	Bhavani Singh
	Poster Boys	Yes	No	No	Himself	Voice-over; cameo appearance
	Golmaal Again	Yes	No	No	Gopal
2018	Aapla Manus	Yes	Yes	No	Himself	Marathi film; producer; cameo appearance
	Raid	Yes	No	No	Amay Patnaik
	Helicopter Eela	No	Yes	No	—	Producer
	Simmba	Yes	No	No	DCP Bajirao Singham	Cameo appearance
2019	Total Dhamaal	Yes	Yes	No	Guddu Rastogi	Also producer
	De De Pyaar De	Yes	No	No	Ashish Mehra
2020	Tanhaji	Yes	Yes	No	Tanaji Malusare	Also producer Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Chhalaang	No	Yes	No	—	Producer
2021	Tribhanga	No	Yes	No	—	Producer
	The Big Bull	No	Yes	No	—	Producer
	Sooryavanshi	Yes	No	No	DCP Bajirao Singham	Extended cameo
	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Yes	No	No	Karim Lala	Cameo appearance
	RRR	Yes	No	No	TBA	Telugu film debut Extended cameo
	Maidaan	Yes	No	No	Coach Syed Abdul Rahim	Filming
	Bhuj: The Pride of India	Yes	No	No	Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik	Completed Hotstar Film
	Thank God	Yes	No	No	TBA	Filming
2022	Mayday	Yes	Yes	Yes	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2004	Devi	Producer
2008	Rock-N-Roll Family	Judge
2012	Ramleela – Ajay Devgn Ke Saath	Narrator
2018	Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh	Producer

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Ajay Devgn

Bibliography

• Dawar, Ramesh (2006). Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. ISBN 978-1-905863-01-3. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016.
• Bajaj, J.K. (2014). On & Behind the Indian Cinema. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-5083-621-7. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014.

External links

• Ajay Devgn on IMDb